drive-in movie, home edition

We invited our neighbors (and good friends) over to watch an outdoor movie.
Actually, they provided the movie, but we provided the venue.
We projected Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler (funny movie!!) onto the side of the house and gathered around with our lawn chairs.
We ate popcorn and movie candy.
The weather was about as perfect as it can get. And other than a few June Bugs, the critters stayed away.

I hope we are creating special memories for our kids to always remember!!

show us where you live - master bedroom

It's Friday, which means it's time for home tours at Kelly's Korner. This week is master bedrooms. I mentioned last week that I was updating our bedroom and for the most part, we completed the project!! I still have a couple of pictures to frame and hang, but that's it.

We (ahem...Jeremy) painted the wall blue to match our comforter. It was green and we had yucky pull shades and a green striped valance. We bought the bedding last winter when Linens N Things went out of business but hadn't had time to repaint. I was so undecided about what color to go with. I'm happy with the results! And I love the new roman shades.

This is the south wall and that's Jeremy's chest of drawers.

I framed artwork for each child (that is in school). Brianna drew a bee, Allison drew a vase of flowers and Nate painted. I'll have to rearrange the frames when Delaney has artwork to display.

My mom was going to sell this chair in our garage sale, but I snagged it.

My dresser. It's kind of cluttered and I have a stack of books I need to return to their owners (you hear that Mom, Amy and Diane?)

This is our bed. No headboard or anything. We bought a king after a few months of Delaney sleeping with us. Best thing we ever did!!

And this is the picture hanging over our bed. It's called Master Bedroom.

We always vacationed in Vail, CO when I was growing up and in one of the condos this picture was hanging over the bed. I've always been drawn to it and now that we have a yellow lab, it's even more appropriate. This picture was a gift from my parents a few years ago.


Well, that's it. I spared you the agony of tripping over shoes in our closet!

Have a great weekend. I think I'll take a blogger break and see you the first of next week!

help wanted

Help!! The pets need some lovin'!

Looking for one or two teenage daughters (who just HAD to have a cat AND a dog) to care for 2 household pets. Responsibilities include feeding and watering pets, scooping poo out of the litter box and backyard and taking the dog on occasional walks. You will be provided with food, shelter, clothing and occasional spending money in exchange for labor. No experience necessary (or expected). Please apply within.




**This post has been part of Writer's Workshop, hosted by Mama Kat.

worlds of fun

On our last night in KC, we headed to Worlds of Fun. They have cheaper tickets if you go after 4:00 and it was wonderful because it wasn't crowded. We hardly had to wait in any lines. And sometimes we were the only ones on a particular ride.

Allison is NOT a thrill seeker, so she spent most of the time hanging out with Delaney and Nate (and me).

On the other hand...Jeremy and Bri LOVED the rollercoasters!

This was more my speed!!

And Nate was a trooper! He never once fussed the whole evening. He loves watching people!

It's pretty scary to think she could be driving in a few months!! I emphasize could. Because she WON'T!!

Allison did like the water rides. This is what they looked like after riding several times in a row.

And we were all giving a THUMBS-UP when Delaney finally gave in and fell asleep!!

giveaway

Who doesn't love free stuff? I'm all about good deals and free samples and sales. Well my friend Sera at Laughing Through the Chaos is having a giveaway for All laundry detergent. And who doesn't love doing laundry? Ha! Just kidding!! But when it's free, it makes it a tiny bit more fun, right?

The giveaway will be held on Sunday, June 28. I really don't want you to enter, because I really want to win. And if you enter, it will decrease my chances of winning. So if you really care about me, you won't actually enter. But if you want to laugh, you should go ahead and check out her blog.

Sera is one of my virtual friends (a lot of my friends live in my computer). We both have April babies and met on pregnancy.org. She is a super sweet gal with a cutie patootie little girl. And she really loves good deals. Maybe even more than me!

In order to enter the giveaway (and I'm just telling you this so I can share my story with you, not so you can enter) you have to leave a comment telling her what you would do with the $6.50 you'll save on detergent. Here's what I would do:

I would buy a new pair of flip flops.

When we were packing up to leave our hotel, I was hanging out in the room with the kiddos while Jeremy was loading the luggage on top of the van. Nate was laying on the bed and I thought he was getting ready to roll over so I turned quickly to grab him and I guess I pulled on the strap of my right shoe and it pulled all the way out. Since my other shoes were already packed away, I had to spend the rest of the day trying to walk while holding the strap between my toes. Not so fun. And let me add that these were nice Adidas flip flops. With memory foam type insoles. Super comfy!

So now I'm in the market for a new pair. And it would really help my budget if I didn't have to buy laundry detergent too!!